Sleeping-car



` (No uodei.) i F. W. HUNTER.

Sleeping Gar. No` 241,986. Patented May 24, 1881..

, l; ,umn 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK 7. HUNTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,986, dated May 24, 1881.

Application tiled March 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. FREDERICK W. HUN- TER, of thecity of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented an Improvement in Sleeping-Cars, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention has reference to railway-cars adapted to sleeping purposes; and it consists in the construction of the lower berth, which is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings. This is an improvement upon Letters Patent granted to me March l, 1881, and numbered 238,286. The object is to so construct the vberth that it can be readily disposed of under the seat-cushions and in the seat-box during the day, and when stretched from one seatboX to another during the night adapted to be put under tension.

In the drawings, Figure l is asectional elevation of one section of the car, and shows the berth when stretched and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a plan of same.

Aare the seat-backs, B the seat-boxes, and C the cushions. Secured to one seat-back, above the box, are a series of hooksD, and secured in the other seat box or back is a tension-roller, E, which is journaled at F, and is provided with a ratchet-wheel, G, into the teeth of which a pawl, H, works, .the end of the journal F being made square to allow ot' its heilig rotated by a crank. This roller Eis provided with a series of hooks, I, or their equivalent, arranged in a longitudinal line.

The mattress J is preferably made of woven wire; but, if desired, may be made of canvas, or may consist of any other form of' wire mattress. To one or both ends of this mattress are secured springs K. At one end the springs may be connected to the hooks D direct, or, if desired, be secured to a metal or other rod, M, which, in turn, is secured loosely to the hooks and capable of detachlnent. The springs on the other end may be connected either to a sheet of canvas or other flexible material, Il, or to a series ot flexible bands, which are provided with rings to catch on hooks I on tension-roller E.

If desired, the end of the canvas or tleXible bands may be secured to an iron rod, N, provided with means to secure it to the tensionroller; also, the springs K may be dispensed with and the mattress made of springs.

In using this bed the bar M is hooked to the seat-back on hooks D, and after being spread out the bar N is hooked to the tension-roller E,which is then rotated, stretching the springs K and putting the same under tension.

To store away the bed during the day the pawl is raised andthe tension-roller is rotated in the opposite direction, the bar N unhooked, the mattress folded or rolled up and deposited iu the seat-box opposite, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. l, and the cushions are put in place. l

The bedding and pillows may also be stored in the seat-boxes during day-time.

I am aware of' the patent to Paige; but it differs greatly from my invention, and I claim nothing set forth in his patent.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A mattress for sleeping-cars, consisting of a spring-wire mattress or its equivalent detachably hooked or otherwise secured to one seat-back, and secured to a tension device in the opposite seat-box, when in use, in combination with two seat-boxes and their backs, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a sleeping-car, a mattress provided with springs, adapted to be folded up and deposited in a seat-box during the day and hooked to one seat-back at one end, and to a tensionroller in the opposite seat-box at the other during the night, substantially as shown and described.

3.. In a railway-car, a spring-bed composed of springs K, canvas or wire mattress J, bar M, cloth L, and bar N, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

4. In a railwayfcar, a tension-roller, E, attached to the seat-back A and journaled at F, provided with ratchet-wheel G, pawl H, and hooks I, or their equivalent, in combination with a mattress provided with springs secured at the end to the opposite seat-back, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a railway-car, a spring-bed composed of the following parts: hooks D, secured to one seat-back, to which are attached springs K, mattress J, and cloth L, in combination with tension-roller E, provided with hooks I, seat-boxes, substantially as and for the put*- substantially as and for the purpose specified. pose speciled. io

6. In a. railway-cai, :i spring-bed which is In testimony ol' which invention I hereunto hooked 01 otherwise attached to the seatbnck, set my hand.

and in day-time rolled or folded up and loosely FREDERICK XV. HUNTER. deposited in seat-box B, und :it night drawn Vituesses:

out and attached to a tension-roller secured to ALBERT YVEBER,

seatback opposite, in combination with the H. CLAUSONIUS. 

